tafetán

Spanish

Alternative forms

• tafeta

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian taffetà, from Persian تافته (tâfte, “tissue”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tafeˈtan/ [t̪a.feˈt̪ãn]
• Rhymes: -an
• Syllabification: ta‧fe‧tán

Noun

tafetán m (plural tafetanes)

1. taffeta

Further reading

• “tafetán”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10